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On 12/27/2023 at 2:02 PM, NOLANANO said:
Thats looks great for a pair of Borelli. Imo the chili rasboras are a good idea but I am not sure about the Otos. There isn't a ton of real estate and putting a decent sized bottom dweller (for that size tank) with the Borelli might not be a good idea. 3-5 Amano shrimp might be a better option if you are just looking for a cleaning crew.
That was my other thought was to go with the Amanos, do you think they will run the otos around too much? Hypothetically speaking would adding more wood help with that for the otos?
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On 12/27/2023 at 1:36 PM, NOLANANO said:
Any pics? I'm always curious about other people's scapes.
Current hardscape. Made sure there are tunnels all through the rocks and wood. Adding a few crypts and a Java fern or two today along with red root floaters.
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Okay looks like I’m on the search for a Borellii pair then! Was for sure looking for a very small pair since I know I don’t have a ton of room. But I did take hiding spots into consideration when scaping the tank. I also have a 20 long in the works for a different pair. And a 5 gallon to pull out any fry if that happens.
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Wanting to do a pair of apistos in my UNS 40C it’s a 16 gallon. 15.75x15.75x15.75 cube. Good amount of wood and rock to create a lot of hiding. Will have dwarf sag, crypts and red root floaters for the planting. Tank is cycled and currently no stock to it. Was thinking a pair of apistos, chili rasboras and Otos. What recommendations would you make for the pair? This will be my first time with apistos.
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This hunt has been near impossible to do. But figured what the heck I’ve got two males and looking for a couple females if any of you have some or know of somewhere that does please let me know.
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That’s cool never heard of one of those before!
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On 6/26/2021 at 4:01 PM, Daniel said:
Rice fish have a very wide tolerance range. I live in Zone 7a and they do fine year round outside. Pygmy sunfish can tolerate 30s F to 90s F no problem.
Just stinks that they are so so hard to find.
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Picked up my first two badis this last weekend the male of course was easy to pick. I took my best shot at a female from what I could tell. But I’m not sure if it’s female. I’m hoping it’s not a sub dominate male. I’ll try to get better pictures of them. Phone didn’t want to focus on them haha.
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1 hour ago, Streetwise said:
If you are getting the Badis, leave the Hydra and report back!
Cory and Daniel have made me less concerned about Hydra and other bonus creatures.
Will do! If I can find them locally I’ll be picking a pair up this week.
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43 minutes ago, Streetwise said:
I do not know the answer, but if they pick off shrimplets, I bet they eat whatever they can.
Regardless, I would definitely use that as an excuse to get Badis.
Hahaha 🤣 thanks for feeding the addiction. It’s worth a shot I only see the hydra in 2 spots right now so I’m going to try and syphon them off the 2 areas and see how it goes and get a couple badis for good measure. I have for sure 2 pond snails in there also that I know will eat hydra just don’t want the stuff pestering the shrimp
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I know badis are a micro predator. I have snails and shrimp in my tank so I don’t want to use chemicals to get rid of the hydra. And I’ve always wanted to get badis for this tank. So my question is will they eat the hydra? I know they will pick off shrimplets as well and I’m okay with that. Keeps the population manageable. Thank you all.
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4 minutes ago, gardenman said:
Do you know how long it was growing submerged in your local fish store? It could still be transitioning. The middle parts look fine so I wouldn't overreact to anything happening to the older, possibly emerse grown leaves. Even long established plants (both terrestrial and aquatic) lose leaves from time to time for no apparent reason. As long as the majority of the plant looks good, I wouldn't worry about it too much.
Thank you. Yeah not totally sure how long he had them submerged and growing. I was hoping they they were just transforming so wanted to ask and possibly fix something before it were to get bad. I sit and just watch the tank for at least an hour a day and slowly noticed it and figured I would ask just in case haha.
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So I’ve had this tank up and running now for about 8 days or so. All plants seem to be doing okay but the dwarf sag is looking like it’s melting or having iron issues it’s going translucent. It was growing submerged already when I got it from my LFS. I’ve dosed twice with easy green so far. Should I dose more or just let it be for now?
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10 minutes ago, Colu said:
Bladder snail the second could Cyclops
Any methods on the best way to get rid of the bladder snails? I have two narite snails in there that I actually want to keep haha
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Learning about what I have living in my tank haha. First any idea what snail that is? And any ideas how to get rid of them? They came as a hitch hiker on a plant I got and since I’ve been removing 10 or so a day smaller than this. This is one of the bigger ones I’ve seen. And second any idea what that white bug I have circled is? I’ve noticed a couple of them the sit on the glass and swim through the tank. Surprisingly they are pretty fast. They don’t seem to mind the shrimp at all. Thank you all.
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Patience, patience, patience. Everything happens at different rates for every tank. And don’t chase numbers. Just get them stable.
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Just keep giving it time. Every tank is going to cycle at different rates. I’m doing the same thing with a 20 long right now. Going on day 3 of it set up and running. And I’m noticing my readings are changing so it’s in the works. Just have to stay patient. I also used fritz zyme for my tank to give it that jump start. I also don’t have any fish in mine just 2 narite snails and one cherry shrimp that was on a plant I bought haha. I’m just trying to power feed the snails some zucchini and just sit back and watch.
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@Danielare you still looking at rehoming some of the Pygmy sunfish you have?
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2 hours ago, quirkylemon103 said:
with shrimp? I've never kept killis but i heard they were hunters and will kill shrimp
Yep with the shrimp I’m okay if they are hunters and will eat some shrimplets that keeps the population from getting out of hand I don’t want to have to cull shrimp all the time haha. That’s why I want the nano variations of killis so they will pray on the young shrimp
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3 hours ago, Patrick M. Bodega Aquatics said:
I've second the clown killi.
Any other options other than a clown killi to look at as well?
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I’ve been doing some research looking for a pair of killifish to go with a 20 long community tank of CPD’s, otos, shrimp, and a hillstream loach. I’m trying to find options of killis that don’t get very big and stay in that nano size but will pop some shrimplets from time to time so they don’t get out of control. What do you all recommend? I know the clown killi but looking at other options as well. Thank you.
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1 hour ago, gardenman said:
I love the smart plugs. I bought one as an experiment and liked it so much I put one on all of my lights. What I didn't figure out was that I should have just bought one and plugged all of my lights into a single power strip and use the one smart plug to control the whole power strip. So, I've got four smart plugs doing the job one could do. After the holidays I'll redo everything and switch it over to just one smart plug controlling the lights. I've also got a Wyze Pan Cam so I can keep an eye on my tanks when I'm not there. I can look left, right, up or down and zoom in using the cam. It's very handy. I can be on my phone anywhere in the world and as long as I have a connection, see how my tanks are doing. A new Wyze cam will be coming in January that will not be the panning type but a fixed view one that'll go on my bedroom tank so I can keep an eye on that also. The Wyze cams will even send me an alert if my smoke alarm goes off. Handy!
Why did I not think of that haha one plug to run everything via power strip. Easily overlooked haha. Going to check out the wyze cam that is pretty sweet!
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17 minutes ago, Daniel said:
Real life fish police.🙂
I hope I didn’t come off that way. That wasn’t my intention. As you know I’m all for native fish keeping haha.
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Petsmart has a top fin lid that fits a 20 long. I just bought one for my aqueon 20L I picked up.
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Makes total sense! Thanks for the input! Can’t wait to find some haha that’s gonna be the tougher part haha